lignify

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lignify - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lignify \Lig"ni*fy\ (l[i^]g"n[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Lignified (l[i^]g"n[i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Lignifying (l[i^]g"n[i^]*f[imac]`[i^]ng).] [L. lignum wood
     + -fy: cf. F. lignifier.] (Bot.)
     To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.
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  Lignify \Lig"ni*fy\, v. i. (Bot.)
     To become wood.
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lignify - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lignify
      v 1: convert into wood or cause to become woody